Gift of the Green Gab

Hudson Valley Green Drinks held its final monthly meeting of 2008 right back where it all began in April of this year, at Mahoney’s Pub in Poughkeepsie.  Green Drinks is a networking organization that brings together people in an enviromentally related job or business, or those who are interested in sustainability or are “eco-curious.”  The original Green Drinks took place in 1989 at the Slug and Lettuce pub in Northern London.  Here in the Hudson valley, over 40 people attended the year-end holiday edition, according to event organizer Marie-Celeste Edwards. She said that after a year of Tuesdays, the event will be switching to Wednesday evenings in 2009. This is to accommodate the venues that emphasize locally grown ingredients, which are often not open earlier in the week. The next event is at 6:30 on Wednesday, January 14th at Locust Tree in New Paltz.